Antonia Carter, 25, 224 Fresno Drive, Houma, was jailed on charges of disturbing the peace by intoxication, disturbing the peace by offensive language, battery of a police officer and resisting arrest by violence.

The incident occurred at Essence Beauty Supply on Grand Caillou Road, where a female acquaintance of Carter was employed, McElroy said.

When Carter ignored requests that he leave peacefully, officers arrested and handcuffed him. Carter struggled and kicked as officers attempted to place him in the back seat of a police unit.

He was finally subdued after officers used pepper spray, McElroy said.

Both officers were treated for minor injuries and released for temporary assignment to light duty.

The victim, a man in his 80s, told investigators he gave the woman a ride from the vicinity of Holiday Motel to a location near the intersection of Main Street and Morgan Street about 3:30 p.m., said Houma Police Lt. Jude McElroy.

There, the suspect reportedly pulled the victim from the car and robbed him at knifepoint, McElroy said.

The man was not seriously injured. Police described the suspect as a heavy-set black woman in her 30s, with short black hair, wearing a red blouse and black shorts. She reportedly left the area on foot.

Anyone with information is urged to call Houma Police at 873-6371.

Family asks for help finding man

HOUMA -- Relatives are asking anyone with information about the whereabouts of Michael Lee, 46, to call the Houma Police Department.

When family members did not hear from him Wednesday, they contacted police who found him absent from his motel room.

Anyone with information about Lee is asked to call Houma Police at 873-6371.

Services, offices closed for holidays

HOUMA -- Local government offices in will be closed Monday and Tuesday for the Christmas holidays but will reopen Wednesday.

Government offices in Terrebonne and Lafourche will also be closed Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 for the New Year’s holiday.

Post offices will be closed at 3 p.m. Monday and all day Christmas day. Only Express Mail will be delivered. The offices don’t have their New Year’s schedule.

Tax assessors’ and voters registrars’ offices, along with the courthouses in both parishes, will be closed Monday and Tuesday and Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.

Good Earth Transit buses will not run Monday or Tuesday or Dec. 31 or Jan. 1.

Terrebonne and Lafourche school board offices are closed today and reopen Jan. 3.

Garbage pickup by SWDI, normally scheduled for Tuesday, will be collected the following Friday, Dec. 28. And pickup scheduled for Jan. 1 will be collected Jan. 4.

Who will be local Teen of the Year?

HOUMA -- Terrebonne’s Teenager of the Year for 2007 will be named at a dinner scheduled Jan. 12 in Houma.

The program starts at 7 p.m. at the American Legion Post 31 Home on Legion Avenue in Houma.

Twenty-four nominees from six parish high schools will be recognized and honored for their volunteer services during 2007. Schools submit nominations are submitted to the local American Legion based on students’ community service and campus activities.

Tickets for the dinner cost $15, which may be purchased at local schools, from any American Legion member or by calling 872-6432.

For information, call L.P. Bordelon at 876-3305 or W.J. Davis at 872-6432.